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Tiger – 1st Grade
Champions for Nature Tiger
Elective
Requirement 4

Plant It and the Butterflies will Come

Tiger – 1st Grade
Champions for Nature Tiger
Elective
Requirement 4

Plant It and the Butterflies will Come

Snapshot of Activity

Plant a butterfly garden.

Outdoor
4
4
5
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Before the meeting: 

  1. Become familiar with planting in your area by visiting the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map.  
  2. Identify an area where plants can be planted and get permission to do so.  Consider the following; 
    • Local Scout camp or service center 
    • A local park or city building 
    • School 
    • Chartered partner 
  3. Secure native plants that attract butterflies. 
  4. Once the location is secure, provide address and directions to the adult partners in the den. 
  5. Remind everyone to bring clothes that can get dirty and appropriate footwear. 
  6. Remind everyone to bring their Cub Scout Six Essentials and work gloves. 

During the meeting 

  1. Gather the Cub Scouts and share with them that the plant you are planting will help attract butterflies and other insects that help keep plants healthy.  Butterflies, bees, and other insects are known as pollinators.  Pollinators feed off the flowers and as they do so pollen sticks to them, and they carry it to other flowers that helps the flowers grow.  
  2. Gather the den and demonstrate the proper way to plant. 
    • Loosen the soil from 12 to 15 inches deep and mix in a 2- to 4-inch layer of compost. 
    • Dig a hole twice the diameter of the plant container. 
    • When placing the plant in the hole, the top of the root ball should be level with the soil surface. Gently backfill the hole around the root ball. Firm the soil. 
  3. Water thoroughly. 
  4. Show the Cub Scouts and adult partners where they can plan the seedlings. 
  5. Plant the native plants to attract butterflies. 
  6. Clean up. 

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Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.